Speedlight TTL Basics With The Best Entry Level Flash!
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- Speedlight TTL Basics With The Best Entry Level Flash! A speedlight is an essential item for most photographers because it allows you to give yourself light in very quick moving situations. If you understand how to do TTL you’ll get excellent light with it. There are 4 steps to set up TTL on your camera and your flash. And once you master these four, it'll give you beautiful images every time.
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Timestamps:
00:00 TTL Speedlight Basics
00:10 Westcott FJ80se
00:20 Speedlights with TTL
00:40 Why use a Speedlight?
01:10 How to set up Speedlight for TTL
01:57 Why choose the Westcott FJ80se?
03:18 Tamron 24-70mm Lens on Lumix S5II
03:28 Importance of using TTL
03:53 Using TTL Outdoors on Location
04:08 Step one - Set Camera on Manual
04:26 Step two - Choose your ISO
04:54 Step three - Set your Exposure for the Room
06:37 Step four - Turn on TTL on your Flash to Light Face
08:08 Super Important for Photographing Large Event
08:33 Review the Four Steps for Setting Up TTL
09:35 How to Soften the Light so it is Not So Direct
10:24 Bounce Light off the Ceiling
11:04 Bounce Light Behind You
11:35 Bounce Light To the Side
12:03 Light Swivels To allow For Directing Light
12:28 What if Ceiling is High?
12:42 Speedlight Modifiers
13:45 Aim the Modifier to Bounce Off Wall
14:35 Shooting in a Large Venue
16:00 Use a Modifier in a Large Venue
16:47 Conclusion
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FINALLY - a simple tutorial that covers the basics without going into equipment specifics or covering only one narrow technical topic! THIS is what I came for. Thank you!
Glad you found it so helpful!
Thank you for this straight- forward explanation of TTL. It seems very easy to become overwhelmed by settings in an unusual environment! This has made the process very clear and methodical. Phew! Many thanks! Regards, Jonathan 😊
Thank you for a great tutorial.
GOD bless you both.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!
Beautiful tutorial!!! I learned so many knowledges in few minutes!! Thank you so much!!
You’re the best, Jay! 😀
Good informative video with plenty of examples and shots with explanation. Thank you!
Glad you found it worthwhile! Thanks for watching!
Well explained! And a great model! Bravo!
Glad you liked it! Thanks for the compliment!
Thought for sure you put your model in black so you could explain how it will affect TTL. For those that missed it, remember that your camera always tries to make your image average gray. TTL flash will lighten black overexposing face and darken white leading to underexposed face. That’s what exposure compensation is for on the flash. Dial it in the opposite direction than your exposure went.
Thanks. His first shots were a bit overexposed due to the black shirt, and the camera overcompensated by averaging out…. 20 years ago, I got a shot of a white hare in the snow, but it was all grayed out. I should have overexposed by at least to stops. Plus, it was done on film that turned the photo pinkish with time. Oops, that was actually 30 years ago.😂
Thanks so much. Definitely helpful
Glad you found it helpful! Thanks for your comment!
Great tutorial.
Best speedlight /camera Settings ..perfect
Great Video! It was very informative. That S5II has some beautiful colors.
Glad you liked it! And yes, that S5II has great color!
Great video! Thanks for sharing
Our pleasure! Thanks for your comment!
OMG ❤😢 THANK YOU FOR THE VIDEO ❤❤❤
Very helpful video! Thanks!!!
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Excellent Video 👏👏
Thank you very much! Glad you found it worthwhile!
You're the best photography teacher on RUclips!
Wow, that is a super compliment. I appreciate that!
great tutorial man really loved it
Good to hear. Glad you enjoyed the tutorial!
Thank you! Very helpful! New to flash, just purchased the Westcott FJ80IIS for my Sony a7iv. I was testing last night and now I know why my F11 pics were black!
Great to hear it was helpful for you!
1/80th sec is motion blur territory - even with flash, with that ambient light at 1/80th, you will see blur if the subjects are moving, and at an event, they're almost always moving. I shoot events at 1/160th on most cameras and even higher if I can get away with it. Better to have a stop more grain and a stop more motion-stopping shutter speed.
At events be careful with those slow shutter speeds. I am an event photographer, you get too slow now you have blurry images due to movement. Surely try to keep that shutter speed above 100, especially during those fast movements parts of the event. My sync is 250, so I'm primarily there during those run and gun moments, compensate exposure with apurture and ISO.
Thanks for sharing your expertise about Event Photography!
Do u use ttl?
@@TheSlantedLenswhen ive tried ttl, but the images are always overexposed. Nothing like you are getting in this video. What am i doing wrong?
@@MichaelCTruth I use TTL during the event activities. If I notice over or under exposure I use exposure compensation on the back of the Speedlite. At times during the dance sequence or shooting table I will set a manual flash setting.
That was an interesting point, about putting the camera in manual, so that you only have one automated function (TTL) in operation.
I often have my camera in auto ISO for non-flash use - and have to make sure I go back to manual ISO for flash work.
One difficulty for manual exposure in run-and-gun work is if the ambient light is changing, such as part-cloudy days or where the room lighting is not even.
Good point! Thanks for sharing!
Excellent video, very informative. Separately, I note in the specs on Westcott's website that the color temp for the FJ80-SE is 6500K vs. 5500K for the FJ80 II. Have you noticed any sort of blue cast when processing your files after using this flash?
Hi Jay - love your videos! One situation I run into is that I am shooting in several rooms with different lighting situations - or even hopping outside and then back inside quickly. This wouldn't give me enough time to set my camera for the ambient light and then turn on the flash. Any tips on how to handle this situation? Thanks!
Great job as usual. What harness are you using to hold your cameras? Do you have any recommendations for harnesses?
Are you meaning neck straps or a body harness?
As a more novice photographer, it would be great if you put all the photos up together, it will be super easy to compare.
Great suggestion. Thanks for your comment!
I have a question: if the GN decreases, should we decrease it with zoom or flash so that the GN remains the same if the zoom is changed?
Too bad they aren't making the Kobra anymore. One thing I have wondered, is which in-camera metering mode to use. I've also had problems with TTL when the subject is wearing a bright white shirt, blouse or coat.
Setting a high ISO what about the noise?. Great video
Most modern cameras nowadays are pretty great on noise and even some of the older ones - like my crop sensor Canon 60D dslr - is clean up to ISO 800. So you adjust to suit. Use the ISO you're comfortable with. You'll just have to adjust your other settings to let more of the ambient light into your images (use a wider aperture and/or slower shutter speed). And Noise Reduction nowadays is really good anyway (the Denoise feature is arguably the best right now).
What is your WB setting? Considering the ambient light is warmer and the flash is daylight balanced (right?), how do you set your WB on the camera? Thanks!
Since he’s using flash and not natural light when you edit in Lightroom if you click on automatic white balance it should get you close. If you look at event photos on the internet some events seem to leave the white balance alone in this case casting a warm or yellow tone sort of like a filter.
I was hoping for new info, including all the new features with face detection metering etc, but no. I have never been able to get consistent light with ttl in a nightclub atmosphere. Not sure if it's all the random lights going on and off or what it is, but ttl has never worked for me. I only shoot in manual (no auto anything). Still no luck. I also do on the spot printing, so I need my exposure on point. Compensation is a joke when shooting moving people.
In some events I pick a place and adjust everything to get the best shot then ask the guest to follow me to that spot and get it done which only woks when you have the space and time. The rest of the event I’m having to adjust on the fly. There are some RUclips videos from pro event shooters that may give you tips as well.
What happened to Kobra?
We don't know. Wish they were still around.
Dude you sound like stevo from jack ass
I must have been sick that day!
Sony users: manual use = no TTL. I am an Sony user and use Godox for Sony. Works fine.
There is a Westcott Speedlight FJ80se S that is made for Sony.
@@TheSlantedLens just to clarify - the FJ80SE S (i.e., specifically made for Sony) does work in TTL mode, right? While the other ones are compatible with all the other brands (at least most of them). Did I get this right?
I use neewer Z1s with a6700, works beautifully.
I use the Westcott FJ 80IIS (Sony) after my Godox failed. A bonus is that Westcott has amazing customer service that can help you get the most out of your system.
Wow, this bloke is using LUMIX with Westcott flash... Consider that as an ethnic minority lol
Sorry, but this flash is NOT reasonably priced, it's seriously expensive! Love your videos but come on, it is not cheap!
I was wrong! I mistakenly looked at the next model up (not SE) which is £345 in UK, found the SE model for around £200 - sorry, I apologise.
Yeah, it is reasonably priced and works great!